Chris Thorpe-Tracey
@christt.bsky.social
Author, composer, record producer, creativity consultant. He/him. My two newsletters: https://bordercrossing.substack.com https://doublechorus.substack.com
This is a great review, really interesting take on why the new Charli XCX is so good.
Chris Thorpe-Tracey@christt.bsky.social · last wk.Morning Bluesky, The Quietus @thequietus.com have just published my review of Charli XCX new album Music, Fashion, Film. Extra chuffed because I also reviewed Brat for them back in 2024. Have a read — thequietus.com/quietus-revi...
Morning Bluesky, The Quietus @thequietus.com have just published my review of Charli XCX new album Music, Fashion, Film. Extra chuffed because I also reviewed Brat for them back in 2024. Have a read — thequietus.com/quietus-revi...
Charli XCX – Music, Fashion, Film | The Quietus
Its authors may be busy denying that this is the 'rock' album expected by some, but perhaps it is still the best punk album of the decade, finds CJ Thorpe-Tracey
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My oppression, like all other oppressions, has no basis in biology. It is not because of genetics or genitals. Not puberty or reproductive status. It is the social construction of patriarchy and the genders it constructs which oppresses me. Transphobia is at the heart of patriarchy.
Sarah May@sarahmay1.bsky.social · last wk.The attempt to replace feminism with transphobia is one of the most dangerous fronts of the culture war. Not only has it destroyed the lives of so many trans folks, it undermines one of the most effective political forces of my lifetime. Trans rights are human rights Feminism opposes essentialism
Morning Bluesky, The Quietus @thequietus.com have just published my review of Charli XCX new album Music, Fashion, Film. Extra chuffed because I also reviewed Brat for them back in 2024. Have a read — thequietus.com/quietus-revi...
Charli XCX – Music, Fashion, Film | The Quietus
Its authors may be busy denying that this is the 'rock' album expected by some, but perhaps it is still the best punk album of the decade, finds CJ Thorpe-Tracey
thequietus.com
Walking down past Café Engels to Gelateria Mos Eisley is peak Berlin.
A new issue of Border Crossing just landed in readers’ inboxes and since it’s July, it’s my usual mid-year review of my favourite culture so far… bordercrossing.substack.com/p/127-best-c...
127: Best Culture of 2026 so far
Hello, welcome to Border Crossing issue one hundred and twenty seven, I hope you’re summer, summer, summer tiiime.
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I'm playing the lovely FOUND FESTIVAL in Buckingham in August, with the amazing @christt.bsky.social in our exciting new PIANO DUO format, along with a whole heap of excellent people!
Spotify Wrapped but for how many people have been killed by the AI powered weapons systems Co Founder Daniel Ek has invested in.
Latest radio show is up on the Mixcloud. Usual mixed bag of stuff, this month featuring @christt.bsky.social @jilk.bsky.social @chloeharris.bsky.social @gema.bsky.social @cabaretvoltaire.bsky.social @warringtonruncorn.com and others.
2025-11-30-Suspended in Air | LWSTD-FM
‐-------------------- Love Will Save The Day FM is a self-sustained community and online radio station that amplifies art, culture and music from the margins. It’s owned and operated by a co-operative...
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The best Reading headline lineup for years. But Simon’s joke is spot on…
T'Other Simon@tothersimon.bsky.social · 8mo agoJust had a glance at the Reading Festival line-up. For the briefest of moments, I thought they had Chas & Dave headlining.
…there’s more stuff that I’ll go into in more detail on once I get back into a blogging routine. As @christt.bsky.social pointed out in a post recently, it’s proggy and unusual, which I hadn’t necessarily realised before…but definitely wear as a badge of honour.
I wonder if there are many people out there who’ve driven as many miles as me for work, yet also never owned a car. Countless circuits of the UK, hundreds of thousands of miles, around the EU and across North America too. Still never had one of my own.
Mike Flaherty@mflah.bsky.social · 8mo agoIntroduce yourself with 5 cars you’ve owned. VW golf - orange, black vinyl roof. Citreon BX - blue, written off in weeks Citreon BX - replacemeny in terrible beige (sigh) Fiat Uno - black, amazed my bass rig ever fitted in there! Mini - red Italian Job (best car ever - band have a van!)
New Double Chorus newsletter on deep, focused listening and the new Tom Williams album. Has an odd missing sentence because I poorly sub-edited it, but otherwise golden… doublechorus.substack.com/p/083-on-the...
083/ On the new Tom Williams album
You can spend months immersed in a project, yet only much later suddenly realise there’s a key theme you’ve missed, when you finally sit down and play the finished item for the first time.
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I wrote a Double Chorus newsletter about Saturday’s gig, covers the setlist, the band and my thank-yous list…
082/ The set list, the band, the thank-yous
Thank you so very much if you were there.
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Shabana Mahmood casually saying they're gonna take migrant's jewellery off them has got me thinking about that scene in Schindler's List where the Jewish family wrap family heirlooms in bread and swallow them. What the fuck are we?
Delighted to hear Cory Doctorow refer to tech monopolies as “a handful of inbred companies with corporate Hapsburg jaws”
Well that @christt.bsky.social gig is going to rate as one of the happiest I've been to. Proper lot of love in the room.
A truly emotional night, for us almost as much as for you. Thank you!
I've seen @christt.bsky.social play countless gigs, but last night at the 100 Club was easily the best. I sang, I cried, I started a football style chant, and also got told off by security for not joining the aftershow queue of people getting things signed so I could give him a hug. Life affirming.
One of the most pure vile, disgusting things I’ve ever heard from a ‘Labour’ politician. And that’s saying something these days, they all spout such hateful bully pulpit crapola. Any decent society would laugh this stupid person out of office.
Peter Stefanovic@peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 9mo ago“on article 8 of the ECHR in particular the right to family life ..we want to constrain in legislation the way that that is applied in immigration cases” Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood tells Sky’s Trevor Philips Who would have imagined we would ever hear this from a Labour government
NP the new vinyl edish of @christt.bsky.social's 'London is Sinking' (feat the shouldabeennu beronefor16weeks 'Cull'). Old Strodonians of Fag Alley will be interested to know this LP was mastered by Clive Painter...
every single one of these emails is someone I already hate messaging a notorious pedophile to say "Thanks for the great time! I had fun doing pedophile stuff with you. P.S. Trump was there with us the whole time"
Tim Dickinson@timdickinson.bsky.social · 9mo agojust opening up the new Epstein docs at random:
